A Behind the Scenes Interview – Meeting Italian Relatives
Have you ever considered taking a heritage tour and meeting Italian relatives? Meeting your Italian family for the first time is an indescribable experience. I see that most second and third generation Italian descendants want to stay as connected with their heritage as possible. So, more and more of you are doing the research and making […]
Three Helpful Tips For Finding Living Relatives In Italy
Is finding living relatives in Italy hard? Well, I assure you, it is not as difficult as you may think it is. Considering, all you have to do is invest a little time into putting the missing pieces of the puzzle together. Ten years ago, during my first visit to Italy, I made some […]
MyHeritage – Discovering, Preserving and Sharing Family History
MyHeritage is our final stop on the popular genealogy website train. It has its pros and cons just like any other genealogy site. We started the series with Ancestry, where we discovered there is a lot of information available. However, at the same time, you have to fork over quite a bit of money to […]
Family Search – What Do You Get For Free?
Family Search recently sent out invitations to “rewrite history“. You may have received this email if you are a registered user on their site. There are apparently over 72,000 volunteers worldwide that are going to come together for three days, July 15th to July 17th. The goal is to enter vital information from historical record […]
Popular Genealogy Websites Part 1
The first in a three-part series where you can take a closer look at three popular genealogy websites. With a little more information, you can determine for yourself what you can do for free and from what you would benefit paying. There are hundreds of genealogy websites available to choose from on the internet. The […]
Discover Puglia – 5 Magnificent Must See Places
There are so many hidden treasures to uncover in the heel of the boot. So, trying to discover Puglia completely in ten days is an impossible undertaking. After exploring the beauty and diversity of Ostuni and Martina Franca, I was looking forward to what other wonders this varied region of Italy had in store. Between […]
Touring Italy in June – 5 Amazing Off The Beaten Path Destinations
I set off in my little blue convertible from Calabria at six in the morning on the 1st for a full month of touring Italy. The sun was just rising over the Ionian sea, and the sky was teeming with beautiful shades of oranges and pinks. June is a perfect time to head out and […]
Discussing Heritage Tourism in Italy with Rick Zullo
Recently I had the chance to talk about heritage tourism in Italy with Rick Zullo. He is a fellow Italian American and an American blogger in Rome. He also has a podcast called, “The Fatal Charm of Italy,” and that’s where our conversation took place. I’ve been following Rick’s blog for a while. He has a fun […]
An Italian American Homecoming – From Italy to America and Back
A ship leaves from Italy to America in April 1912 with hundreds of Italian passengers who are desperate to create a better life for themselves in America. It is the humble beginnings of an Italian American journey. Some are men who have labored since childhood in the fields of the small villages in southern Italy. All […]
A Personalized Italian Ancestry Tour
Have you ever thought about how life was for your ancestors in Italy? Do you have a dream of someday walking in their footsteps in your ancestral village? Many second and third generation Italian Americans experience a sort of disconnect from the Motherland, as did Shannon Riccio of Milford, Connecticut. That all changed recently, as […]
